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become the dupes Of this Christian religion,
and, II things go on as they are now going on.
of the ages cannot be stopped, 1t will swallow
the globe. SupposiDg, then, that Christianity
is the delusion of the centuries, as some have
You what has been accomplished by this
chimera, this fallacy, this hoax this swindle of
the ages.
delusion of the Christian religion has made
wonderful transformations of human charac-
ter. will go down the aisle Of any church In
Christendom, and will find on either side
fame, unclean of speech, and unclean of ac.
ton, drunken. and lost. But by the power of
this delusion of the Christian religion, they
have been completely transformed, and now
they are kind and amiable and genial and
loving and useful. Everybody sees the change
Under the power Of this great hallucination
they have quit their former associations, and
whereas they once found their chief delight
among those who gambled and swore and
raced horses, now they find their chief joy
churches, so complete Is the deluslon. Yea,
their own families have noticed 1.-THE wife
has noticed it, the children have noticed 1t.
books and for clothes and for education, He
is new man. All who know him say there
has been q wonderful change. What is the
Ct hs Shapse sgso ese Is as eS
difference between what he is now and what
he once was as between rose and nettle.
US between u uOVe anu u Vulturc, rs DetWeel
day and night. Tremendous .delusion
Admiral Farragut, one OF the most admired
men of the American navy. early became a
victim of this Christian deluslon, and seated,
not long before his death at Long Branch. he
was giving some friends an account of his
early, life. He said: "My father went down in
behalf of the United States government to put
an end to Aaron Burr's rebellion. / was n
cabin boy, and went along with him. l could
swear like an old salt ! could gamble In
every style OF gambling. ! knew all the wick
day my father cleared everybody ont of the
cabin except myself, and locked the door. He
am going to follow the sea- Follow the sea
and be o poor. miserable. drunken sailor.
kicked and cuiied about the world, and die OF
father, ! will not be that; will tread the
quarter deck and command, as you do NO,
David my father said; no, David, person
viii me- never tread The quarter % deck or na com
mand.' My father went out and shut the door
after him, and / said then: Il will change; |
will never swear again; will never, drink
tlemen, by the help of God have kent those
three vows TO this time. ] soon after that be.
came came Christian. and that decided my fate for
Time and for eternity"
Another captive of this great Christian deu.
sionl There goes Saul OF Tarsus on horseback
OF full. gallOp;. Where is he going2 To destroy
Christians. He wants no better play spell than
murderers who are massacrlng Gods children.
There goesthe same man. This time he is atoot
Where is he going now2 Going on the road TO
II out of him; they tried to scare 1t out Of him:
they thought they would give him enough of
II by putting him into windowles dungeon,
and k' eping him on small diet, and denying
him a cloak, and condeinning him rs crlml-
nal, and bowling at him through the street;
but they could not freeze tout of him, and they
could not sweat 1t out OF him, and they could
Mound
gerry OF the sword, and one summer day In 65
he was decapitated. Perhaps the myhtiest
is.enee ,htoodwinked, cheated, ,caloed duped
by the Christian religion. Ali that is the re-
maIkeble thing about this deluslon of Chris.
ttls,IhinE! tn,InnE 1t oyerrowers the strongest IN.
and religious, of this century to-
gether and put vote to them as to which
Is the greatest book ever written and by
Who wrole paradise Lost y One of the fools
who believed 10 this Bible, John Milton. Ben
jamin Franklin surrendered to this delusiou,
If yon may Judge from the letter that he wrote
to Thomas Paine begging him to destroy the
.Age of Reason" In manuscript and never let
y nso pS and %rtpS ia his
say that the system of morals Ho LEFT, and the
religion He has given us are the best things
the world has ever seen or Is likely TO see."
liberty, enslaved by this delusion, so that he
says: 'The book worth all other books put to-
gether is the Bible" Benjamin Rush, the
leading Psychologist and anatomlst of his day
the great medical sclentist-what did they
Sny ysnae aSe e IesSn ssaSns Is
philosopher of his time-what did he say?
That men surrendoring to this delusion of the
Christian religion crying out: "rhe sublimest
philosophy on earth is the philosophy of the
Gospel David Brewster, at the pronuncia-
ton OF whose name every scientist the
world over bows his head, David Brewster
saying 10, this religion has been great light
TO me, a very great light all my days" Pfesi.